Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

[Zokita]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261727.stm

Pakistan gets offended by some anti-Islam videos on YouTube and orders the site blocked in Pakistan, Turkey, and Thailand. Not a problem for your average American/Canadian/UK/whatever citizen, right? Wrong.

ISPs with connections to Pakistan are blocking the site for users around the world, including countries with free speech rights.

unoficial list of ISPs confirmed to be Pakistan's bitch:
Verizon (back up)
Bell (back up)
AT&T
Virgin
Cox Digital
BT
Earthlink (temporarily, back up now)

Edit: Most of the ISPs are unblocking the site now, just thought I'd put the list up as a reminder of how speech suppression in the Middle East can affect the rest of us.

Edit 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6972311.stm
The ban is resolved in Thailand, Google agrees to censor anti-Islam videos from Thai users.

[ooozmin]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

lol, Islam.

Seriously, has their ever been a people more averse to criticism?

In before Communist Russia.

DON'T **** WIT MY RELIGEON

In before "too predicable Muslim"

w/e, them Pakis need a break, they are the reason for all the dirty videos on YouTube, honestly. It's a secret way for the Pakistan government to stop the Pakis to put up dirty videos, seriously.

[ooozmin]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

[quote=Joseph Stalin][quote=ooozmin][quote="Joseph Stalin":e17e5]lol, Islam.

Seriously, has their ever been a people more averse to criticism?

In before Communist Russia.[/quote]
[b]DON'T **** WIT MY RELIGEON

In before "too predicable Muslim"

w/e, them Pakis need a break, they are the reason for all the dirty videos on YouTube, honestly. It's a secret way for the Pakistan government to stop the Pakis to put up dirty videos, seriously.[/b][/quote]
Proof?[/quote:e17e5]
[b]Hehehehe, you dirty boy. Here email my Paki friend here @ [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] and ask for "YOUTUBE MUJRA", you'll get all the proof you need...[/b]

[ooozmin]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

[quote=Joseph Stalin][quote=ooozmin][quote="Joseph Stalin":7e25f][quote=ooozmin][quote="Joseph Stalin":7e25f]lol, Islam.

Seriously, has their ever been a people more averse to criticism?

In before Communist Russia.[/quote]
[b]DON'T **** WIT MY RELIGEON

In before "too predicable Muslim"

w/e, them Pakis need a break, they are the reason for all the dirty videos on YouTube, honestly. It's a secret way for the Pakistan government to stop the Pakis to put up dirty videos, seriously.[/b][/quote]
Proof?[/quote]
[b]Hehehehe, you dirty boy. Here email my Paki friend here @ [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] and ask for "YOUTUBE MUJRA", you'll get all the proof you need...[/b][/quote:7e25f]
I don't want CP YT vids, just tell me wtf is up. CP? Beheading pigs? Burning cats? NEDM?! UNITARIANS?!??![/quote:7e25f]
Hm, alright...you don't want any of that then it's ok. It's just that I KNOW for a fact that 70%+ of the people our age in Pakistan are just like us (believe it or not). They really don't give a shit about what is on YouTube, and they love YouTube as much as we do. The people who are truly offended are a couple of old farts who are still living in the 7th century. They need to realize that they need to become more civilized, and that the actions they take such as banning YouTube are EXTREMIST ACTIONS. THIS IS EXTREMISM. And just like the old farts here who won't vote for a black man for president, or who wont vote for a woman, just because of "back in the day shit" they are giving ALL OF US A BAD NAME.

Ignorance is something that's fit's mostly old people, and let us make it a think of the past.

[DawnStar]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

[quote=ooozmin][quote=Joseph Stalin][quote=ooozmin]

[email protected][/email] and ask for "YOUTUBE MUJRA", you'll get all the proof you need...[/b]

I don't want CP YT vids, just tell me wtf is up. CP? Beheading pigs? Burning cats? NEDM?! UNITARIANS?!??![/quote:feb8d]
Hm, alright...you don't want any of that then it's ok. It's just that I KNOW for a fact that 70%+ of the people our age in Pakistan are just like us (believe it or not). They really don't give a shit about what is on YouTube, and they love YouTube as much as we do. The people who are truly offended are a couple of old farts who are still living in the 7th century. They need to realize that they need to become more civilized, and that the actions they take such as banning YouTube are EXTREMIST ACTIONS. THIS IS EXTREMISM. And just like the old farts here who won't vote for a black man for president, or who wont vote for a woman, just because of "back in the day shit" they are giving ALL OF US A BAD NAME.

Ignorance is something that's fit's mostly old people, and let us make it a think of the past.

[/quote:feb8d]

lol, passion-filled response

[ooozmin]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

If you don't read my shit, don't question it. But I respect your decision not to read it. Anyways, let all be

[boredjedi]

Re: Pakistan orders ISPs to ban YouTube, blocks affect worldwide

I don't want CP YT vids, just tell me wtf is up. CP? Beheading pigs? Burning cats? NEDM?! UNITARIANS?!??!

I guess you've never had the pleasure of seeing Pakistani porn.